2 PCs playing same game require to download patch 2 times, any solution

guild-wars-2pc

This is quite bad: me and my girlfriend both play Guild Wars 2. She just downloaded a patch of 1GB on her PC, and now to play I have to download it again or copy paste it from her computer.

Are there any solution to avoid this, like sharing the game directory? Notice that we have 2 different computers (but we are on the same network).

If it's possible, how's big the performance loss? I'm getting really mad updating the game from the network. I don't even understand why it can't use my LAN as a P2P support which can insanely speed up my download (because she already downloaded the patch).

Best Answer

Putting the GW2 folder on a Home Shared Network will let everyone on the network access the files and only require a download once.